St. Mary Parish Is...

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our parish and surrounding community, we’ve not only reached but surpassed our Table of Plenty goal! We aimed for $50K, and you responded with a remarkable $79,383.50 in pledges, with $66,187.50 already received! And that’s not all—thanks to the special matching donor, an additional $50K will be added, bringing the total impact of the Table of Plenty to an astounding $129,383.50!

But the excitement doesn’t stop there! Our Cultivating Legacy Capital Campaign (CLCC) has also hit its ambitious $5.9M goal! With a total of $5,909,028.99 pledged, we’ve already collected $5,563,382.76. And once the $50K match from the Table of Plenty is added, we’ll be just $286,617.24 away from our full collection target.

We know that some parishioners who pledged in 2019 have faced tough times, and others have moved away, leading to about $150K in expected uncollected pledges. But here’s the amazing part—this accounts for only 2% of our $5.9M goal, which is an outstanding collection rate for any capital campaign (national Catholic campaign average is 10-12% uncollected)!

Now, we need your help to close the gap in order to finish Phase 3 - the renovation of the current gym into 3 new classrooms! To ensure we reach our full collection target, we invite those who are able to make an additional contribution. Every dollar helps us bridge the final $286,617.24 needed and continues to support the incredible work our parish is doing. Let’s come together once more to make this campaign a complete success!

Thank you for your unwavering support and generosity!

We have some good news to share with you about our Cultivating Legacy Capital Campaign. The parish has money on the table in the amount of $50,000. 

What does that mean? It means that our campaign has received a matching grant, dollar for dollar, of up to $50,000. It means that pledges and contributions from the parish can result in $100,000 total for our campaign. It is money on the table, and we are using the title of a hymn, TABLE OF PLENTY, to give this effort a name. 

We are asking that pledges and contributions be made beginning July 14 and continue through the first week of September. That timing matches with Friday, September 6, when Bishop Iffert visits St. Mary  to dedicate and bless our new facility. Fulfillment of pledges can continue through the calendar year, with the objective of having the match of $50,000 from our gifts and the total of $100,000 in hand by December 31, 2024.

The key to our success in this effort is parish participation. Every contribution, large or small, combines to become the amount that the $50,000 is there to match. Fr. Joe and the campaign co-chairs (Brett Ruschman, Marty Schadler, Karen Zengel)  recognize that many of you have been most generous to the campaign so far. We trust that the matching grant motivates everyone--all our parish family-- to give. With the rest of the year to contribute and to fulfill your pledge, we are confident that the Table of Plenty Challenge can be met.